Product prototypes
Clickable, testable first versions that prove the core loop before the idea gets heavy.
// We build. We ship. We experiment.
DRK NYT
Digital Engineering Lab
Fast, strange, useful technology for founders, creators, and businesses that need to move. The lab is split on purpose: pilot-ready products you can actually test, and wildflower experiments still finding their shape.
Built in Detroit42.3314 N, 83.0458 W
// How the lab builds
AI-assisted business systems
Internal tools, agents, retrieval, automations, and workflows that remove drag from real operations.
Client portals
Private, useful spaces where customers, teams, documents, tasks, and status stop living in scattered threads.
Launch infrastructure
Checkout, auth, email, analytics, webhooks, dashboards, and the unglamorous machinery that makes a product real.
Internal tools
Command decks, intake systems, logs, admin workflows, and small utilities that make the business sharper.
Experimental web experiences
Strange, memorable interfaces that make a product feel alive instead of templated.
// Products and Experiments
View all projects// Pilot-ready
Real products you can test.
These are the products with working paths, public surfaces, and enough operational shape to put in front of pilot users.
TAGD
TAGD
Live more. Lose less.
- For
- People who need less panic around important physical things.
- Built
- QR scan flow, owner dashboard, TAGDFlow, DRKER scan pages, store preview mode, Venmo CTA proof, spine events.
- Live
- Pilot users can scan, claim, configure, preview, and test store/recovery pages.
Storyline Studio
Turn memories into structured stories.
- For
- Families, creators, stewards, and organizations collecting stories, media, approvals, and outputs without losing the thread.
- Built
- Story intake, contributor rooms, media uploads, production workbench, review/repair/launch tools, private story pages.
- Live
- Local build passes; pilot deployment/domain cutover is the next operational step.
Constitution Kids
Learning through story.
- For
- Kids, parents, and teachers learning civic ideas through narrative.
- Built
- Story system, character paths, publishing infrastructure, classroom direction.
- Live
- Production lane
// Wildflower lab
Experimental projects still finding their shape.
Useful prototypes, strange interfaces, and early systems live here until behavior proves they deserve a harder lane.
SHIV
LifeOS for ADHD minds.
- For
- ADHD minds that need support without shame or generic productivity theater.
- Built
- Focus module, daily loop design, capture patterns, recovery flows.
- Live
- Internal prototype
OPTX
Real estate intelligence.
- For
- Operators who need property signal, comparison, and workflow movement.
- Built
- Data model, search concepts, operator dashboard patterns, automation map.
- Live
- Prototype system
VERIVI
Trust through verification.
- For
- Teams that need claims, records, or credentials checked without hostile UX.
- Built
- Claim capture, verification flow, credential display, audit trail concepts.
- Live
- Pilot concepts
Birthday Drop
A gift link that feels personal.
- For
- People sending digital gifts that should feel less like a code dump.
- Built
- Builder, protected reveal, media upload, themes, thank-you loop, email notifications.
- Live
- Demoable prototype
FAXD
Fax it up.
- For
- Teams that still receive high-friction documents and need a cleaner intake surface.
- Built
- Landing page, mock inbox, simulated upload, document detail, summary panels, webhook-shaped intake.
- Live
- Demo shell; no real telecom, OCR, or AI extraction yet.
Experimental
The ideas we're not ready to talk about yet.
- For
- The lab itself: a place for ideas too early, weird, or sharp to over-explain.
- Built
- AI crew sketches, hardware notes, Friday prototypes, experiment bench.
- Live
- Selective demos
// LiveCard experiment
Static things should become living systems.
The email signature is the smallest proof. A simple line in every email can point to a living identity endpoint that updates as the person changes.
// Inside the Lab
2026
20+Lab threads
2Pilot lanes
AISystems
SaaSPrototypes
ToolsInternal tooling
Prototype Sprint
New AI workflows, product shells, and launch infrastructure.
Shipping Floor
Mobile apps, SaaS launches, automation, and client systems moving into the world.
Impossible Ideas
CAD sketches, new hardware concepts, story engines, and things that need a Friday deadline.
Crazy IdeasPrototypeBeta / PilotProduction
AI CrewKite LabFriday Builds
SHIVOPTXVERIVILab Pass
TAGDStoryline Studio
Constitution Kidsdrknyt.comPublic log
Pilot lanes are testable. Wildflower projects stay experimental until behavior proves the lane.
Have an Idea?
Bring me the messy version. I'll help shape it into something real.
Whether it is an AI startup, an internal business tool, a client portal, a mobile app, or something that does not have a category yet. The point is motion: define the useful core, build the first real version, and learn from behavior.